President Bush walks with Kim Bassier, left, 21, of Biloxi, Miss., and her sister Bronwynne Bassier, 23, in a Biloxi neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina in this Sept. 2, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor …
Obama's choice of a pastor they consider hostile for a prime inauguration role and dashed hopes for the first openly gay Cabinet member anger gay rights critics.